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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for July 24, 2006
Monday, July 24, 2006
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Monday, July 24, 2006. The daily crossword is the classic: a 15×15 grid on weekdays and a larger Sunday puzzle, with difficulty rising from a gentle Monday to a fiendish Saturday. Hints come first and the solution stays hidden until you ask for it.
Across clues & answers
- 31
- 57
- 66
Down clues & answers
- 22
- 46
- 47
- 61
- 63
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Sunday, July 23, 2006
across
- 1. Corp. honcho: PRES
- 5. Some Filipinos: MOROS
- 10. Starter's need: GUN
- 13. TV alien: MORK
- 17. Storyteller of Samos: AESOP
- 19. Virtuous sort: SAINT
- 20. Duration of many a TV show: ONESEASON
- 23. Wine that causes incoherent talk?: RAMBLINROSE
- 25. Vietnamese city painted in soothing colors?: PASTELHUE
- 26. Pseudopod formers: AMEBAS
- 27. Capital on the Mississippi: STPAUL
- 29. "Missed it!": TOOLATE
- 30. Literary governess: EYRE
- 32. Girl's name that's a Texas county seat: EDNA
- 33. Second word of many limericks: ONCE
- 34. What a dummy!: SNERD
- 37. French priest born in early July?: CANCERCURE
- 41. Worry, it's said: AGER
- 45. Calif. hub: LAX
- 46. Not quite right?: ACUTE
- 48. Mint hardware: DIES
- 49. Fillet: DEBONE
- 51. Poppy derivative: OPIATE
- 53. W.W. II-era enlistee: WAC
- 55. They're trident-shaped: PSIS
- 57. Dries, in a way: BLOTS
- 58. Popular British society magazine: TATLER
- 59. Steamed: IRATE
- 61. Authorize: ACCREDIT
- 63. Life of ___: EASE
- 64. Monologist of note: LENO
- 65. Start of Montana's motto: ORO
- 66. Source of iron: ORE
- 67. Defeats regularly, in sports lingo: OWNS
- 69. Cracker spread that's a little sparse on top?: BALDINGPATE
- 74. Shook down: BLED
- 75. Game with matchsticks: NIM
- 76. Yearbook sect.: SRS
- 77. Brownie, e.g.: GIRL
- 78. ___' Pea: SWEE
- 80. Dasher, to Dancer: TEAMMATE
- 83. Gave in: CAVED
- 84. Haberdashery item: TIEBAR
- 87. Put out: ISSUE
- 88. It melts in your mouth: OLEO
- 90. Journal add-on?: ESE
- 91. Attire: ENROBE
- 92. Bungled, with "up": MESSED
- 94. Common order, with "the": SAME
- 96. Bit of sports news: TRADE
- 98. Foreign exchange option: YEN
- 99. Kind of engr.: ELEC
- 100. Discontinued investigative series?: OVEREXPOSE
- 103. Chanson de ___: GESTE
- 105. Some choristers: ALTI
- 107. Spot in a Manilow tune: COPA
- 108. Ad headline: SALE
- 110. Centers of squares, maybe: STATUES
- 113. Brute: ANIMAL
- 116. Deli offering: SALAMI
- 120. Expert in ornamental fabrics?: LAMEBRAIN
- 122. Rate at which a personnel manager works?: RESUMESPEED
- 124. Orchard starter: APPLESEED
- 125. Cream: ELITE
- 126. "Not my problem!": SORRY
- 127. 1940's first lady: BESS
- 128. Rehabilitated, in a way: DRY
- 129. Boxer-turned-actor: DANZA
- 130. Ring: TOLL
down
- 1. Jumper, briefly: PARA
- 2. Enlarge, in a way: REAM
- 3. Salinger dedicatee: ESME
- 4. Lamenting one: SOBBER
- 5. Common Internet letters: MSN
- 6. Bireme gear: OARS
- 7. Sidesplitter: RIOT
- 8. With no guarantees: ONSPEC
- 9. Was of use to: STEADED
- 10. Make it big: GOPLACES
- 11. ___ corda (music marking): UNA
- 12. Trojan War sage: NESTOR
- 13. Like pure gold: MALLEABLE
- 14. Dept. of Labor div.: OSHA
- 15. Romp: ROUT
- 16. Place for a pad: KNEE
- 18. After-school arrangements: PLAYDATES
- 21. Punished, in a way, in the Bible: STONED
- 22. Fair-hiring org.: EEOC
- 24. U.S. ally since '48: ISR
- 28. Green: UNRIPE
- 31. Old five-franc coin: ECU
- 34. Place on the schedule: SLOT
- 35. Auto parts giant: NAPA
- 36. Trick shot that knocks the balls off a French pool table?: EXITENMASSE
- 38. Freely: ATWILL
- 39. Drew nigh: NEARED
- 40. Old "public diplomacy" org.: USIA
- 42. Enthusiastic cheering section at a bullfight?: GOODOLEBOYS
- 43. Unbroken: ENTIRE
- 44. Just back from vacation, say: RESTED
- 47. They do the thinking: CEREBRA
- 50. River whose delta is Cape Tortosa: EBRO
- 52. [sigh]: ALAS
- 54. "Please?": CANI
- 56. St. Andrews golf club member: SCOT
- 60. Pacific kingdom: TONGA
- 62. Like a cardinal: CRESTED
- 67. Promptly: ONTIME
- 68. Peace Nobelist called a "messenger to mankind": WIESEL
- 70. Concerning: ASTO
- 71. "Had enough?": GIVE
- 72. Lively tempo: PRESTO
- 73. Catkin bearers: ALDERS
- 74. Kind of blast: BEER
- 76. J. M. Barrie pirate: SMEE
- 79. Flute, e.g.: WINEGLASS
- 81. Sweet after-dinner drinks: MUSCATELS
- 82. Additionally: ELSE
- 83. "You've got to be kidding!": COMEON
- 85. Lend support to: ABET
- 86. ___ Coty, predecessor of Charles de Gaulle: RENE
- 89. Simple, pretty songs: EARCANDY
- 93. Grandparents, often: DOTERS
- 95. No longer good: EXPIRED
- 97. He hoped to succeed H.S.T.: AES
- 101. Authorized to travel: VISAED
- 102. Actress Anderson: PAMELA
- 104. Fishing gear with fine mesh wire: EELPOT
- 106. Garage job: LUBE
- 109. Enzyme suffix: ASE
- 110. Simple headstone: SLAB
- 111. Put on record, but not actually on a record: TAPE
- 112. Intensifies, with "up": AMPS
- 114. Clarifying phrase: ASIN
- 115. Rink leap: LUTZ
- 117. Sleek, for short: AERO
- 118. Jazzman Saunders: MERL
- 119. Tranquil scene: IDYL
- 121. Suffix with front: IER
- 123. Apology starter: MEA
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